For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket ...

After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This ...

A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the reentry of a specific ...

Researchers have found measurable traces of lithium pollution left in the upper atmosphere when a rocket burned out in space, ...

Exposure to air pollution may directly increase your risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.

SpaceX rockets leave metal pollution in the atmosphere, new laser detection system reveals 10-fold lithium spike from Falcon 9 debris over Europe.

The recent study focuses on the amount of lithium left behind from a single rocket reentry. Previous studies have already ...

Older adults who had experienced prolonged exposure to air pollution were at higher risk of transitioning into more severe states of physical disability, according to a February study published in ...

Scientists directly measured the lithium left behind in the mesosphere when pieces of a SpaceX rocket fell to Earth over ...

On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest ...

After more than a century of exposure to pollution from multiple sources that has led to higher rates of lung cancer and lung ...

Dallas may be known for its business and food culture, but not necessarily for fresh air. Based on its number of poor air quality days, Dallas has worse air quality than 92% of Texas cities, according ...